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13 Oct

PWAC looking for new executive director

The Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) is currently on the hunt for a new executive director. After only seven months on the job, David Johnston has left the position. […]

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12 Oct

Un nouveau syndicat de pigistes

Le nouveau Syndicat canadien des pigistes se définit lui-même comme un syndicat pour l’ère numérique. Selon le président, Michael O’Reilly, il est temps que des voix se lèvent pour réclamer […]

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12 Oct

Poste permanent recherch

Malgré la disette annoncée par les dirigeants et le ton rassurant qu’a adopté le président-directeur général Hubert T. Lacroix à l’effet qu’il n’y aura pas davantage de compressions à Radio-Canada, […]

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12 Oct

Régler ses comptes avec les journalistes sur Youtube

Non satisfaite d’avoir répliqué aux informations présentées dans l’émission Enquête sur les ondes publiques, la FTQ a produit une vidéo, archivée sur le site Youtube, dans laquelle elle règle ses […]

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12 Oct

White House vs Fox News

Is the U.S. White House “attacking the messenger” — or refusing to pretend that the Fox News Channel news is performing journalism, when it’s really part of the partisan opposition? […]

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11 Oct

Timothy Garton Ash argues for more free speech

The Munk Centre held a special lecture on Thursday October 8 featuring British scholar and author Timothy Garton Ash.  Ash’s lecture, entitled “Why Diverse Societies Need More Free Speech, Not […]

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11 Oct

Standing up to corporate bullies

One of the most potent threats to investigative journalism comes from the legal departments of big corporations, writes Cecil Rosner. Here’s a great example and the lessons for journalists. The […]

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11 Oct

Canwest’s future

Canwest’s application for creditor protection ends old rumours and starts new ones. Is this the beginning of a much anticipated conglomerate break-up, or will the chain simply change hands? In […]

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9 Oct

A few great tips to survive the interview season

It’s interview season. This is the time of year that students are (quite often) thrown to the wolves and made to stick their noses in someone else’s business. But the […]

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9 Oct

Czech hyperloal news project gains international attention

A Czech entrepreneur is developing a chain of Starbuck-like news cafes where news is being distributed and journalists are interacting with readers. The storefronts are quickly becoming a centre of […]

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